Method of packaging laundry



A ril 6; 1937. w. c. KRCUT 2,076,467

METHOD OF PACKAGING LAUNDRY Filed July 18, 1936 2 Sheets-Shea}: 1

April 6, 1937. I w. c KROUT I 2,076,467-

METHOD OF PACKAGING LAUNDRY Filed July 18, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Apr. 6, 1937 v UNITED STATES,

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Myinvention consists in a new and useful improvement in method of anddevice for packaging laundry and is designed more particularly forpackaging mens shirts having starched collars,

freshly laundered. Within comparatively recent times, the practice hasbeen adopted. by many laundries of starching collars attached to men'sshirts, and in packaging shirts so laundered the pressure incident tothe packaging tends to-crush such starched collars. My improved methodand device obviates the possibility of such damage and permits packagingof a considerable number of such shirts, insuring ample protection tothe collars. The particularly novel feature of my method is theprovision of spacers applied to the collars of the shirts by insertionwithin the collars and the folds thereof, soas to be interposed betweenthe shirts, by which any pressure. due to packaging is sustained by theshirts and spacers, and is not exerted upon the collars. -I consider thedetails of construction of my improved supporting elements which serveas spacers constitute a novel and useful improvement, as well as myimproved method.

'While I have illustrated in the drawings filed herewith and havehereinafter. fully described several specific embodiments of myinvention, as to my improved device, used in my improved method, it isto be distinctly understoodthat I' do not consider either my improvedmethod of device'limited to such specific embodiments, but refer for thescope of my invention to the claims appended hereto. I A

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Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a package containing two shirts,illustrating my improved method of packaging by the use of my improveddevice.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of a shirt provided with myimproved device.

the upper portion of a shirt provided with a modi fied form of mydevice. 4

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the two parts of the modified form of mydevice illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough modified form of my device.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of two parts of the modified form of thedevice illustrated'in Fig. '7.

Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the fastening means employed in themodified form of the device illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my improved de-- the upper portion of ashirt provided with another As illustrated in Fig. 4, myimproved devicecomprises a member I having the lower concave edge 2 and the upperconvex edges 3 and 4, parallel with the edge 2 and extending frorntheends 5 to the edges 6 and I respectively, forming the tongue 8 havingthe score 9 connecting theinner ends of the edges 6 and I, and a secondscore In parallel withthe score 9 and disposed about midway between thescore 9 and the upper ends of; the edges 6 and l- Formed integral withthe member I curving to conformto the curvature of the collar C fitsagainst the innerface of the inner wall of the collar C, and the tonguev8 being I folded .on the score9, its portion 8' projects forwardly fromthe member l through the front opening of the collar C. The tongue 8being bent The member has on the score I.0,'its portion 8"extendsdownwardly and forwardly, the member II' being inserted'beneaththe wings W of the collar 0, the points I6 facilitating such insertion,and the member I I, when so inserted curving to conform to the curvatureof the collar 0, bearing against the outer face .of the inner wall ofthe collarC, co-acts with the member, I to clasp the inner wallaof thecollar C, therebetween. As clearly illustrated in Fig. '3, the bendingof the tongue 8, on the score 9, away from-the member I, when mydeviceispositioned F as indicated in Fig. 2, provides the abutments I! at theinner ends oftheedges 3-and 4 of the member I. It is to :be particularlynoted' (see'Fig. 1) that by reason of: the disposition of the device, asabove described, the edges3 and 4 with these abut ments I! arepositioned at aconsiderable distance beyond the top edge Cv of thecollar 0, thus area- P tually providing the spacing element for theshirt- S. It is, therefore, obvious from the illustration of my improvedmethod of packaging in" Fig. 1

that when a pair of shirts S, each 'properly 'provided with my improvedspacing device, are faced and enclosed in a suitable box B, thelower'portion S of each of the shirts S, positioned adjacent the collarC of-therother shirt S, is supportedby my improved spacing device, insuch a to prevent its contact with the collar C.

The modified form of device, illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, comprises therectangular member II a way as l0 tongue v8 is the member I I having theconcave having the notch 22, and the arcuate member 2: having the tongue24 provided with the scores 23 and 23. It is to be noted that the widthof the notch 22, at its outer end, is the same as the t 5 width of thetongue 24, and slightly greater at its inner end.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the member 2| curving to conform to thecurvature of the collar 0 fits against the inner face of the inner wallof the collar C. The member 23 is inserted beneath the wings ,W of thecollar C, and when so inserted curvingtoconform to the curvature of thecollar C, it bears against the outer face of the inner wall of thecollar C, and the tongue 24 of the member 23 being folded on the score23 projects rearwardly from the member 23 through the front opening ofthe collar 0 and is received through the notch 22 of the member member2| is disposed at a considerable distance beyond the top edge 0' of thecollar C. Thusit is obvious that .by the use of this modified form of mydevice, I secure the same result, as

by the use of that form of the device illustratedin Fig. 1, viz. aspacing element to prevent contact of the lower portion S of the shirt Swith the collar C.

The modified form of device illustrated in Figs. '7, 8 and 9 comprisesthe rectangular member 3| having the notch 32 and circular orifice 33,and the arcuate member 34 having'the orifice", and the clamping element33 having the shank 31 and end plates with fangs 39.

As illustrated inFig. '7, the member 3|v curving to conform to-thecurvature of the collar C fits against the inner face of the inner wallof the collar C. The member 34 isinserted beneath the wings Wof-thecollar C, and when so inserted curving to conform to the"curvature of the collar 0, it bears against the outer face of the innerwall of the collar C- The shank 31 60 of the clamping-element 36ispassed downwardly through the notch 32 of the member 3|, and

the plates 38 are bent downwardly and inward ly, theirfangs 39 passingthrough the orifices 33 and 35 and piercing tho meeting edges of 65 theinner wall of the collar C, the'ciamping element 36 bearing against themembers 3| and 34 causing them toclasp the inner wall of the collarC,therebetween.

It willbe noted from Fig. 7 that when the 00 parts. are positioned asabove described, the

clamping element 36 is in the notch 32, and that the upper edge 3 of themember 3| is disposed at a considerable distance beyond the top edge 0'of the collar C. Thus it is obvious that by the use of 05 this modifiedform of my device I secure the I spacing element by inserting one partof said same result, as by the use of the other forms of my deviceheretofore described, viz. a spacing elementetoprevent contact-of thelower portion.

1. Themethod of packaging a shirt having a collar consisting of anupwardlyextended portion and a turned-down portion, which consists inencasing a part of the upwardly extended portion of the collar between apair of sustaining elements, so placing one of said elements so that itprojects outwardly beyond the top edge of the collar. and enclosing theshirt by any suitable 6 means.

2. The method of packaging shirts, each having a collar consisting of anupwardly extended portion and a turned-down portion, which consists inencasing a part of the upwardly extended i0 portion of the collar ofeach shirt betweena pair of sustaining elements, so placing one of saidelements so that it projects outwardly beyond the top edge of thecollar, facing the shirts of each pair so that the shirt bosoms willbear against 15 the projected elements, and enclosing the shirts by anysuitable means.

3. The method of packaging shirts, each having a collar consisting of anupwardly extended portion and a turned-down portion, which con- 20,

sists in inserting one part of a sustaining element between thetwo-portions of the collar, so inserting the other part of the elementwithin the upwardly extended portion of the collar that its upper edgeprojects beyondthe upper edge of 2 the collar, facing the shirts of eachpair so that the shirt bosoms will bear against the projected elements,and enclosing' the' shirts by any suit- .able means.

4. The method of packaging shirts, each hav- 30 ing a collar consistingof an upwardly extended portion and a turned-down portion, whichconsists in fixing in each'shirt a sustaining element by positioningoneof its parts against one side of the upwardly extended portion of thecollar and 35 so positioning another of its parts against the other sideof the upwardly extended portion that its vupper edge projects beyondthe top edge of the collar, facing the shirts of each pair so that v theshirt bosoms will bear against the projected 40 parts of the elements,and enclosing the shirts by any suitable means;

5; The method of protecting shirts havingcollars, each collar consistingof an upwardly extended portion and a turned-down; portion, 45 whichcomprises inserting one part of a substantially stifl spacing elementbetween the two portions of the collar, and so inserting the other partof the element within said upwardly extended portion of the collar sothat its upper edge projects beyond the upper edge of the collar.

6. Themethod of protecting shirts having collars, each collar consistingofan upwardly extended portion and a turned-down portion, whichcomprises using a unitary substantially still. spacing elementhaving'two parts, by inserting one part betWeenLthe two portions of thecollar, passing the other part over the collar and then soinserting itwithin said upwardly extended portion of the collar so that its upperedge projects above the upper edge of the collar.

7. The method of protecting shirts having collars, each collarconsisting of an upwardly extended portion and a turned-down portion,which comprises using a bi-partite substantially stiff element betweenthe two portions of the collar, so inserting the other part of saidelement within the said upw'ardlyextended portion of the collar so thatits upper edge projects above the upper edge of the collar, andfastening together the two parts-of the spacingelement.

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